Hornsey and Wood Green (UK Parliament constituency)

Hornsey and Wood Green
Hornsey and Wood Green
Borough constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundary of Hornsey and Wood Green in Greater London
County	Greater London
Electorate	79,878 (December 2010)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Catherine West (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Hornsey and Wood Green

Hornsey and Wood Green is a constituency^{[n 1]} created in 1983 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since May 2015 by Catherine West, of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]} To date it has drawn together for general elections parts of the London Borough of Haringey (created in 1965).

Boundaries

1983-2010: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Archway, Bowes Park, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey Central, Hornsey Vale, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, South Hornsey, and Woodside.

2010–present: The London Borough of Haringey wards of Alexandra, Bounds Green, Crouch End, Fortis Green, Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Noel Park, Stroud Green, and Woodside.

Constituency profile

The constituency takes in the western part of the London Borough of Haringey, stretching from Highgate in the south west of the seat, through the mainly affluent Muswell Hill, through Crouch End and on to the more deprived Wood Green in the north east corner of the seat.

This is a fashionable and trendy area, though there are also concentrated pockets of former and current council housing and unemployment overall, leading to more social housing reliance than the London average.^[2]

The area has long had a diverse population, ethnically, including Jewish, Cypriot, Muslim and Afro-Caribbean communities and the constituency includes Alexandra Palace.

In the 2016 EU referendum, the constituency voted 75% to Remain in the EU.

Political history

The seat created in 1983 has had representation by the three largest political parties at Westminster in England. The win from the incumbent Liberal Democrat in 2015 by the Labour Party's candidate was a strong swing. The 2015 result made the seat the 137th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.^[3]

History

The constituency was created in 1983 from abolished Hornsey and Wood Green. In those boundary changes the Wood Green seat was broadly divided into two, with half being merged with Hornsey and the rest being transferred to the neighbouring constituency of Tottenham, to the east — a very small part of the Hornsey seat was also transferred to Tottenham at the same time.

This was a Conservative Party seat until 1992 but by 1997 swung so heavily it suggested a Labour Party safe seat — Barbara Roche enjoyed a majority of over 20,000. The Liberal Democrats, however, supplanted those parties in the area, both at Parliamentary level where they won the seat in 2005 and held it until 2015; and in local terms.^{[n 3]} At the 2015 election this seat had the lowest combined Conservative and UKIP percentage in England (11.45%).

Members of Parliament

Election		Member^[4]	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1983	Hugh Rossi	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1992	Barbara Roche	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color" \|	2005	Lynne Featherstone	Liberal Democrat
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	2015	Catherine West	Labour

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2017: Hornsey and Wood Green^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine West	40,738	65.4	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Barnes	10,000	16.0	−15.7
	Conservative	Emma Lane	9,246	14.8	+5.6
	Green	Sam Hall	1,181	1.9	−3.5
	Women's Equality	Nimco Ali	551	0.8	N/A
	UKIP	Ruth Price	429	0.6	−1.5
	CPA	Helen Spiby-Vann	93	0.1	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Anna Athow	55	0.09	N/A
Majority			30,378	49.3	+30.2
Turnout			62,293	77.9	+5.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.1

General Election 2015: Hornsey and Wood Green^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine West^[9]	29,417	50.9	+16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	18,359	31.8	−14.7
	Conservative	Suhail Rahuja	5,347	9.3	−7.4
	Green	Gordon Peters	3,146	5.4	+3.2
	UKIP	Clive Morrison^[10]	1,271	2.2	n/a
	CPA	Helen Spiby-Vann	118	0.2	n/a
	Workers Revolutionary	Frank Sweeney	82	0.1	n/a
	Hoi Polloi	Geoff Moseley	45	0.1	n/a
Majority			11,058	19.1
Turnout			57,785	72.9	+4.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	15.8

General Election 2010: Hornsey and Wood Green^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	25,595	46.5	+3.2
	Labour	Karen Jennings	18,720	34.0	−4.3
	Conservative	Richard Merrin	9,174	16.7	+4.0
	Green	Pete McAskie	1,261	2.3	−2.7
	Independent	Stephane de Roche	201	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Rohen Kapur	91	0.2	N/A
Majority			6,875	12.5
Turnout			55,042	68.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.7

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Hornsey and Wood Green^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	20,512	43.3	+17.5
	Labour	Barbara Roche	18,117	38.3	−11.6
	Conservative	Peter J. Forrest	6,014	12.7	−3.0
	Green	Jayne E. Forbes	2,377	5.0	−0.1
	UKIP	Roy A. Freshwater	310	0.7	N/A
Majority			2,395	5.1
Turnout			47,330	61.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	14.6

General Election 2001: Hornsey and Wood Green^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Roche	21,967	49.9	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	11,353	25.8	+14.5
	Conservative	Jason D. Hollands	6,921	15.7	−6.2
	Green	Jayne E. Forbes	2,228	5.1	+2.7
	Socialist Alliance	Louise Christian	1,106	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Ella J. Rule	294	0.7	−0.5
	Reform 2000	Erdil Ataman	194	0.4	N/A
Majority			10,614	24.1
Turnout			44,063	58.0	−11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Hornsey and Wood Green^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Roche	31,792	61.7	+13.3
	Conservative	Helena D. Hart	11,293	21.9	−17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Featherstone	5,794	11.3	+1.3
	Green	Hilary J. Jago	1,214	2.4	+0.5
	Referendum	Rachel Miller	808	1.6	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Pat W. Sikorski	586	1.1	N/A
Majority			20,499	39.8	+30.5
Turnout			51,487	69.1
	Labour hold		Swing	13.2

General Election 1992: Hornsey and Wood Green^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Roche	27,020	48.5	+8.5
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	21,843	39.2	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter G. Dunphy	5,547	9.9	−5.2
	Green	Elizabeth Crosby	1,051	1.9	0.0
	Natural Law	P.R.G. Davies	197	0.35	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist	William Massey	89	0.16	N/A
Majority			5,177	9.3
Turnout			55,747	75.7	+2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Hornsey and Wood Green^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	25,397	43.0	+0.5
	Labour	Barbara Roche	23,618	40.0	+5.0
	SDP	Douglas Eden	8,928	15.1	−5.8
	Green	Elizabeth Crosby	1,154	1.9	+0.3
Majority			1,779	3.0	−4.5
Turnout				73.3	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Hornsey and Wood Green^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hugh Rossi	22,323	42.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Valerie A. Veness	18,424	35.0	N/A
	SDP	Michael I. Burrell	10,995	20.9	N/A
	Green	Peter S.I. Lang	854	1.6	N/A
Majority			3,899	7.5	N/A
Turnout			52,596	71.2	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes and references

Notes

^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
^ At local level the London Borough of Haringey's Council was until the 2014 local elections split almost straight down the middle in political terms – the western part that forms this seat returning Liberal Democrat councillors, while the eastern part that forms Tottenham being solidly Labour. However, at the 2014 elections Labour gained a number of seats particularly in Stroud Green and Crouch End

References

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^ "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 17 (help)
^ List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
^ "Hornsey & Wood Green parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
^ "General Election 2017 in Haringey – Results". London Borough of Haringey. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Haringey votes - Haringey Elections website". voting.haringey.gov.uk.
^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)
^ "Politics". the Guardian.
^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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[2] A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)

[3] As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

[6] At local level the London Borough of Haringey's Council was until the 2014 local elections split almost straight down the middle in political terms – the western part that forms this seat returning Liberal Democrat councillors, while the eastern part that forms Tottenham being solidly Labour. However, at the 2014 elections Labour gained a number of seats particularly in Stroud Green and Crouch End

[1] "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "Local statistics - Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 17 (help)

[5] List of Labour MPs elected in 2015 by % majority UK Political.info. Retrieved 2017-01-29

[rayment-7] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)

[8] "Hornsey & Wood Green parliamentary constituency". BBC News.

[9] "General Election 2017 in Haringey – Results". London Borough of Haringey. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

[electoralcalculus-10] "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[11] "Haringey votes - Haringey Elections website". voting.haringey.gov.uk.

[12] "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[electoralcalculus2010-14] "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 26 July 2013 suggested (help)

[15] "Politics". the Guardian.

[electoralcalculus2005-16] "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus2001-17] "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1997-18] "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1992-19] "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

[electoralcalculus1987-20] "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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